Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

JANUARY 1952 Classified advertising 10 Cents a Word Minimum Charge $2 | Words in capitals, except first word and name, 5 cents extra. EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 9 Bass . . . Chicago, offers a practically new 16mm. B. & H. Specialist complete with 1" Lumax f/1.9 coated in foe. mt., 17mm. Ansix f/2.7 coated in foe. nit., 2" //3.5 Telate coated in foe. mt., incl. one sync, motor and one wild motor, 2-400 ft. magazines, carrying case, Professional Jr. tripod. List S3100.00. Bass price S2100.00. Write or wire deposit for this grand bargain. BASS CAMERA COMPANY, Dept. CC, 179 W. Madison St., Chicago 2, 111. ■ OVER 100 Animated Titles! 8mm., only 49c1; 16mm., only 69£. Catalog Free!! SOLOMON KESSLER, ACL, 87 Lancaster St., Portland 3, Maine. BBOLEX H-16 outfit: 1 in. Switar, //1.4 coated; Yvar 15mm. //2.8 with Cine-focus range finder for Switar. Excellent condition, 3374.50. 16mm. Victor No. 4 with //3.5 Cooke lens and case, S75.00. BASIL HATZIMINAS, 1324 Broadway, Gary, Ind. FILMS FOR RENTAL OR SALE ■ NATURAL COLOR SLIDES, Scenic, National Parks, Cities, Animals, Flowers, etc. Sets of eight, S1.95; Sample & list, 25ff. SLIDES, Box 206, La Habra, Calif. | FREE Movies; Thousands of subjects. Interesting. Entertaining. Fascinating. Latest Directory — only 50£. NATIONAL CINE SOCIETY, 126 Lexington Ave., Dept. 102, New York 16, N. Y. | VISIT Portland by color slides!! Three beautiful scenes for only SI. 00! C.O.D.'s accepted! Lists free! MAINE COLOR SLIDES, 87-M Lancaster St., Portland 3, Maine. ■ 121 KODACHROME movie subjects. National parks, war, western, atom bomb. Big catalog, 3£. Sample, SI 00. Specify 8mm. -16mm. WORLD IN COLOR, Box 392, Elmira, N. Y. ■ SPANISH NEW SOUND FILMS, good for any library, best Argentine singers. 100 ft., $4.00; 400 ft.. S15.00. VITAFILMS, Bmitre, 2248, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ■ YELLOWSTONE— 8mm. B & W, S2.00; 16mm.. S4.00. Kodachrome 8mm., S7.50; 16mm., S14.75. Ten 35mm. Colorslid-s. $1.00. Movie-Colorslide catalogue, 10*. EDDINCS, 32MM Roberts, Corning, N. Y. ■ 1952 ROSE Parade Movies, Kodachrome. Colorful floats! Beautiful girls! 16mm. 200', S34.95; 8mm. 100', S17.50. C.O.D.'s accepted. California add tax. AVALON DAGGETT, 441 North Orange Drive, Los Angeles 36, California. ■ ADD TO your own Alaska, Mexico or The Alps of Europe movies 16mm., gorgeous color film originals, not duplicates, extra scenes taken while making adventure pictures for national lecture platform — many spectacular shots of game, glacier crashing, volcanic eruptions, etc., in areas seldom reached by man. Select as much as you wish at 25< to 40£ a foot based on quantity. Also rare color shots of Shooting the Rapids in mountainous rivers and many breathtaking action scenes of Eastern seaboard. Maine to Virginia. NEIL DOUGLAS, Explorer and Lecturer, Box 664, Meriden, Conn. FILMS FOR EXCHANGE H EXCHANGE your 8mm. or 16mm. films; sound or silent. Join our club; write for folder. GENDUSO, 154— 7th Ave., New York 11, N. Y. MISCELLANEOUS ■ KODACHROME DUPLICATES: 8mm., or 16mm., 11£ per foot. Immediate service on mail orders. HOLLYWOOD 16 MM INDUSTRIES, Inc., 6060 HoiIywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. ■ SOI ND RECORDING at a reasonable cost. High fidelity 16 or 35. Quality guaranteed. Complete studio and laboratory services. Color printing and lacquer coating. ESCAR MOTION PICTURE SERVICE, Inc., 7315 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland 3, Ohio. Phone: Endieott 1-2707. ■ 8mm. HOLLYWOOD TITLE STUDIO 16mm. Complete titling service. Color and black and white. SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE MEMBERS. Send 10< for Price List and Sample. Address: 1060 North Vista Street, Hollywood 46, Calif. ■ 16mm. SOUND recording, S6.00 per 100 ft.; .,1-., sound pictures taken at home nenrhy only. Write WlllOW IOVINO, 86-01 Commonwealth Blvd.. Bcllcrose, N. Y. THE MAGAZINE FOR 8mm & 16mm FILMERS Published Every Month by AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE ■■■ -: .h?V-'-"- ■■ : ■ ■ . ■ ■ -: ■ ■ ■■■■ ■■■■'■■ ■■ ■ . ■■..£>:■■ January 1952 The reader writes Are movies art? Making that splice How one amateur edits Wings of the wind Synchronizing sound on tape Judging club contests Should "difficulties" decide? Closeups New ACL members News of the industry Clubs Rollcall 'round the world Glen H. Turner, ACL 9 A. C. Kadow 12 Leon F. Urbain, ACL 13 Herbert A. MacDonough, ACL 14 Photographs by Herman E. Dow, ACL 18 Stanley Yasbec, ACL 20 James W. Moore, ACL 21 What filmers are doing 22 23 Reports on products 24 People, plans and programs 26 Editorial 30 ON THE COVER: Rene labium, featured player of In Fancy Free. Photo by Vernon. JAMES W. MOORE Editor DON CHARBONNEAU Consultant Editor ANNE YOUNG Advertising & Production Vol. 27, No. 1. Published monthly in New York, N. Y., by Amateur Cinema League, Inc. Subscription rates: $3.00 a year, postpaid, in the United States and Possessions and in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain and Colonies, Uruguay and Venezuela; $3.50 a year, postpaid, in Canada, Labrador and Newfoundland; other countries S4.00 a year, postpaid; to members of Amateur Cinema League, Inc., £2.00 a year, postpaid; single copies 25tf (in U. S. A.). On sale atphotographic dealers everywhere. Entered as second class matter, August 3/, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., urtder act of March 3, 1S79. Copyright, 1952, by Amateur Cinema League, Inc. Editorial and Publication Office : 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y., U. S. A. Telephone LExington 2-0270. West Coast Representative: Wentworth F. Green, 439 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles 5, Calif. Telephone DUnkitrk 7-8135. Advertising rates on application. Forms close on 10th of preceding month. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: a change of address must reach us at least by the twelfth of the month preceding the publication of the number of MOVIE MAKERS with which it is to take effect.